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  • Robert Siodmak – Escape from East Berlin (1962)

    1961-1970DramaRobert SiodmakUSA

    Plot Synopsis
    from IMDB
    The film opens with Karl Schroeder (Don Murray), chauffeur to an East German Major, seeing a friend killed as he tried to drive his truck through the wall, He is persuaded by the friend’s sister, Erika Jurgens (Christine Kaufmann), and his own family to engineer an attempt to make an escape to the Western sector of the city by digging a tunnel under the wall which is close to their home…
    Based on a true story.Read More »

  • Ivan Nagy – Deadly Hero (1975)

    1971-1980CrimeIvan NagyThrillerUSA

    Synopsis:
    When disturbed cop Lacy rescues Sally, a beautiful cellist, from deranged killer Rabbit by shooting Rabbit in cold blood, he sets off a spark of publicity that brands him the city’s hero.Read More »

  • Robert Mulligan – Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)

    1961-1970DramaRobert MulliganUSA

    Quote:
    Steve McQueen stars as a rockabilly hopeful, newly paroled from prison, and Lee Remick as his estranged wife in Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965), brought to us by the same triumvirate that translated To Kill a Mockingbird to the screen in 1962: writer Horton Foote, producer Alan J. Pakula, and director Robert Mulligan. A poignant slice of life shot in and around Foote’s Texas hometown.Read More »

  • Joshua Logan – Bus Stop (1956)

    1951-1960ComedyJoshua LoganMarilyn MonroeRomanceUSA

    Synopsis:
    When cowboy Beau and his friend Virgil take the bus from Montana to Phoenix, Arizona, to participate in the rodeo, Beau is also hoping to find his “angel”. There, virginal Beau falls in love with cafe singer “hillbilly” Chérie performing “That Old Black Magic” and plans to take her back to Montana. The next day, he intends to marry her after the rodeo, but she escapes. She wants to go Hollywood, where she hopes to be discovered. But Beau tracks her down, and forces her on the bus back to Montana. On the way, they stop at Grace’s Diner. Read More »

  • Henry Hathaway – From Hell to Texas (1958)

    USA1951-1960Henry HathawayWestern

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    Synopsis:
    The naive cowboy Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of the powerful land baron Hunter Boyd. Tod runs for his life, pursued by the dead man’s vengeful brothers. Tod shelters on the ranch of Amos Bradley and he falls in love with his daughter Juanita. However, Tod is concerned that he’ll eventually have to leave when his pursuers catch up with him.Read More »

  • J. Lee Thompson – Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

    1971-1980ActionJ. Lee ThompsonSci-FiUSA

    Synopsis:
    In this third sequel to “Planet of the Apes,” the apes turn the tables on the human Earth population when they lead a revolt against their cruel masters in the distant year of 1990. By doing this it creates the time loop that leads to the first film. “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes” is cinematically etched in broad, brash strokes slashing social satire and science fiction suspense with large-scale spectacle.Read More »

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